In the old Fedora system, "MIT" was a category shortname to refer to many variations that would be different licenses under SPDX. See https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/#_mit
FWIW, here's how I checked how this text matched against the SPDX License List to begin with:
- went to https://github.com/diegojromerolopez/gelidum/blob/main/LICENSE
- highlight license text and used SPDX-diff browser plugin - which showed me an exact match to MIT
This was an easy one. Sometimes, you need to do a bit of interpreting with the SPDX-diff tool (see https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/license-audit-tools/#_spdx_license_diff
Make sure to note the update in your commit comment, so it will get counted by Miroslav's tracker! https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/legal/update-existing-packages/#_changelog_entry
I'm not sure what to say about license-check results.
Thanks,
Jilayne
On 5/2/23 5:59 AM, Justin W. Flory
(he/him) wrote:
Hi David,
To the best of my knowledge, "MIT License" matches "MIT:Modern Style with sublicense". Someone else on the list should probably confirm though.
The reason for the several MIT mappings is that often, projects claim to use the MIT License but then add extra language that is not the standard license text. So, there are various flavors of the MIT License. The unusual flavors are often specific to a smaller project or group of projects. Perhaps it would be better to distinguish the Allowed Licenses list to better communicate which SPDX tag should be used as the "default" MIT license. I also thought the docs were unclear for someone who isn't immersed in licensing.
On Tue, May 2, 2023 at 7:39 AM David Schwörer <david08741@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> I see the MIT License on the allowed licenses page, see the attached
> screenshot. Unless you have a MIT license with special modifications, you
> can use the "MIT" specifier.
Hi Justin,
So "MIT License" matches "MIT:Modern Style with sublicense"?
In that case that answers my question, but is there somewhere this sort of mapping documented?
Best,
David
>
> https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html
>
> Cheers,
> Justin (he/him)
> Sent from mobile
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